HLS playback may stuck loading after some time when the network has jitter

ant-media / Ant-Media-Server

Ant Media Server is a live streaming engine software that provides adaptive, ultra low latency streaming by using WebRTC technology with ~0.5 seconds latency. Ant Media Server is auto-scalable and it can run on-premise or on-cloud.

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Short description

HLS Playback gets stuck in loading when publishing with WebRTC. We encounter this problem when there is a jitter in the network

Environment

Operating system and version: Ubuntu 22.04
Java version: 17
Ant Media Server version: 2.11.2
Browser name and version: Chrome 128.0.6613.113

Steps to reproduce

Publish stream with WebRTC
Try to play the stream with HLS playback by default player
Increase jitter for the uplink to 200ms
Refresh the HLS Playback

Expected behavior

HLS playback should start playing

Actual behavior

HLS playback get stuck in loading